Abstract This paper discusses the issues facing the method of Home schooling students from K-8. Topic discussed in this paper will be a brief history of home schooling, Academics, Quality of Education, Social interaction, as well as homeschooling vs. public schooling.

Introduction:

In the current generation’s educational system, there are several different programs that a student is able to choose from. One method that I will be emphasizing on is the educational system of home schooling. Home schooling in today’s America has become an increasingly popular method of education. Prior to the Compulsory School attendance Laws, a Childs education was within the family or community. In the 17th Century, enlisting a formal educational environment was only available to a small elite group. A vast amount of children learned from their parents in the form of a trade of business. Currently an estimated three million children in the United States that are home schooled. Parents give many different reasons as to why they want their children to be home schooled with the majority being along the lines of religious issues....

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, dear opposing team, teachers and judges. We are the debate team from Geronimo Rendic School. My classmates are Fernanda Castillo, José Plaza, Paloma Muñoz and I, Catalina Villarroel. Our team will defend the position that Homeschooling is the best form of Education. However, first we need to know the definition of homeschooling. According to Oxford Dictionaries, Homeschooling is “to educate (one’s child) at home instead of sending them to a school.”
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